First Batch of Quad Berry

[southlake333]

Is this normal looking?!?! This is about 4 1/2 hours after pitching yeast.

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Totally normal looking...for now. But soon, SOON I TELL YOU...there will be fruity foamy goodness frothing at the mouth of the bucket and threatening to soil your entire room!!! :<

Ok, maybe its not THAT violent, but this stuff does foam up quite a bit so you will end up having to clean up some spillover considering how full your bucket is. I did too. No biggie, just be prepared.

 

[tatud4life]

I have already taken measures to handle that. I have a towel down under it to catch the spillage. Keeps my wife from killing me. Lol

 

[tatud4life]

I'm starting to get a little worried. It has been 31 hours since I pitched the yeast and nothing. The specific gravity hasn't changed any and there is not any foam on top!! Am I worrying for no reason? Please say that I am!! This stuff tastes too good for it not to ferment!!

 

[roger80465]

Ferment

I'm starting to get a little worried. It has been 31 hours since I pitched the yeast and nothing. The specific gravity hasn't changed any and there is not any foam on top!! Am I worrying for no reason? Please say that I am!! This stuff tastes too good for it not to ferment!!

Believe it or not, mine took nearly 10 DAYS to begin fermenting. I think my basement was a bit cold. I put it on the back porch for the weekend in 100 F temps and when I came home it was bubbling like crazy. It's done now and tastes pretty darn good. Long story short, may need to warm up the pee.

 

[keena]

Just hope that you don't have to flush the pee....

Haha couldn't resist

 

[tatud4life]

Well, I gave my berries a squeeze, checked the specific gravity, and gave it a good stirring last night. This morning, it had a nice foam cap and sounded like a bowl of rice Krispies!!! I guess that was all it needed!!!

 

[tatud4life]

This is what it looked like this morning!!

 

[DirtyDawg10]

Nice! I knew it would get going.

 

[tatud4life]

I was worried, but now it has turned into excitement!!!!

 

[Boatboy24]

I was worried, but now it has turned into excitement!!!!

That happens sometimes when you "give your berries a squeeze".

Looks like it's moving along well.

 

[tatud4life]

Yeah! My wife laughed when I told her I was "going to squeeze my berries." I noticed a quite a but if yeast in the bag of berries.

 

[DirtyDawg10]

I noticed quite a bit of yeast on my bag of berries.

They make an ointment that should take care of that

 

[tatud4life]

Lol!! That's funny right there. I don't care who you are!!

 

[tatud4life]

Checked my pee last night and the gravity is down to 1.060!! It is foaming like crazy now!!!

 

[dangerdave]

Congrats, Marc! I knew you'd get it going! It looks perfect. Sometimes you just have to squeeze those berries to get the party started! Works for me anyways!

My wife gets a real kick out of me "squeezing my berries", too. She always giggles.

 

[tatud4life]

Yep! All it takes is a squeeze of my berries and that's when the fun begins!! I squeezed the pee out of them today!!

 

[tatud4life]

Checked my batch today and the specific gravity was 1.016. If that keeps up, it will be done by tomorrow. That is 6 days to ferment dry with 2 of those days having no activity at all!!!!! I think that is pretty impressive!! If I do say so myself. I think it will not only catch up to my batch of pee, but I think it will be ready to drink before the first batch!

 

[southlake333]

Yeah, this stuff ferments much faster than normal pee. Just remember it will taste green for a few weeks.

 

[tatud4life]

Yes sir!!! The majority of it won't be consumed until October. That is when we are having our little zombie party!

 

[tatud4life]

Checked again today. It's starting to slow down now. It was at 1.001, so it should be finished tomorrow. Then it won't be long and I'll be drinking it!!!!